Mail is the biggest disk space hog. What the hell is it doing?

Is Mail worth using on your MacBook [Pro]?


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Ya know, I've even got it all set up to omit attachments from offline viewing. All it should be is a bunch of text & maybe some pictures. I don't know what indexing and all that crap is, but 39GB just for messages? Yes, I'm running on Mountain Lion b/c I'm too lazy to upgrade, but still. Do newer releases fix this?

I don't even see the point of opening the Mail application anymore.

Is Thunderbird better?

Might as well just open mail from the respective Web sites. It's just dumb otherwise.
 

Cory Cooper

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Hello,

39 GB does sound like quite a bit of space for emails without attachments.

-How many email accounts are setup?
-Do you happen to have a Gmail account setup in Mail?
-How many years/number of messages are we talking about?

Thunderbird isn't necessarily better, just different. It is more like Entourage/Outlook, which are not my personal favorites.

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I don't use Apple's Mail program, preferring Outlook 2016. Given how much of a disk space "freak" I am, I know how to permanently have deleted EMails permanently removed (I did the same when I had Outlook 2011, although the procedure was different. So, wonder if a lot of that space is being taken up by deleted EMails that are still around. This link explains how to permanently remove deleted EMails:

https://support.apple.com/kb/PH22308?locale=en_US
 

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